_______ are unique traits developed by organisms to help them survive, thrive, and reproduce in their particular environment.
What is adaptations
Where do organisms get their genes from?
What is their parents
The "Father of Evolution"
What is Charles Darwin
The process by which different traits are expressed to help an organism live better in their environment
What is natural selection?
If two organisms have similar DNA it could mean that they evolved from __________
What is common ancestor
The way an organism acts in order to help it survive
What is Behavior Adaptations
What is a person's phenotype?
What is what a person looks like as a consequence of their genotype.
The Law of Superposition states....
What is in undisturbed rocks the lower the rock level the older it is. The rocks towards the top are the youngest.
Darwin called the ability of a organism to survive
Fittest
What is the most specific (smallest) level of classification?
species
What are two benefits of camouflage
What is...
hide from predatorWhat is a person's genotype?
What is the particular alleles received from parents example "ee, Ee, EE"
Give an example of evidence that supports the Theory of Evolution
Homologous Structures
Analogous Structures
Embryology
Fossil Record
Natural selection is when _______ decides who survives and who doesn't
What is Nature?
What is biological classification/taxonomy?
What is a system which is used to organize and classify all life on Earth.
Physical features of an organism that help it survive
Structural Adaptation
A part of chromosomes that is responsible for a trait
Gene
What organisms did Darwin make his observations with and where did Darwin make his observations?
What is Finches, Galapagos?
Out of a brown, gray, and white rabbit, a brown rabbit is easily hunted and killed in an arctic ecosystem. Which rabbit would be expected to appear most often in future generations born in the same ecosystem?
What is the white rabbit?
What are the 8 levels of classification in order from largest to smallest?
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Many species of birds migrate in winter. Animals including bats, ground squirrels, and woodchucks hibernate in winter. Which of the following do hibernation and migration have in common?
What is They both occur as a way of surviving when there is little food available.
Parents with dominant phenotype can have probabilities of this combination
What is Homozygous dominant and heterozygous alleles
How would you describe this evolution?
Analogous Structures
A bird in a forest ecosystem has a different beak (shape and size) than many other birds. What best explains how this adaptation may help the bird survive?
What is helping the bird obtain food?
Scientists suspect that modern horses have different dietary habits than horses that lived long ago. What is the most reliable source that scientists can use to prove that modern horses evolved over time?
What is fossil evidence